Contains manuscripts and
correspondence by the English novelist, playwright, and short story author W.
Somerset Maugham. Works include his early novel, The
Merry-go-Round (1904), and other seminal works such as Cakes and Ale (1930) and The Moon
and Sixpence (1919). Maugham's letters to Barbara Back, Reginald Golding
Bright, Paul Dottin, Charles Frohman, various family members (including nephew Robin
Maugham), Karl Graham Pfeiffer, James B. Pinker, and Gladys Bronwyn Stern
predominate. Also present is extensive research material and correspondence gathered
by Maugham bibliographer Klaus W. Jonas.

Call Number:

Manuscript Collection MS-2725

Language:

English with some
Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian,
Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish

Joan Sibley and Apryl Voskamp, 2016
Note:
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information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the
abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.